Techy conglomerate investing in Flipkart at a time when Reliance Industries and Tata are betting big on e-commerce as well.
Deal done through subsidiary Tata Digital Ltd; green signal from CCI came last month
India's antitrust body had in March approved the acquisition of up to a 64.3% stake in BigBasket by Tata Digital
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Company to acquire 64.3 per cent stake in Supermarket Grocery
With this, Tata Digital will buy 64.3% stake in Supermarket Grocery Supplies and also be sole control over Innovative Retail Concepts, which runs BigBasket's online retail biz
Tata Digital can acquire up to 64.3 % of the total share capital of Supermarket Grocery Supplies Private, which owns the online grocer.
CCI has approved the acquisition by Tata Digital of up to 64.3% of Supermarket Grocery Supplies (SGS) and its sole control over Innovative Retail Concepts (IRC), the company that runs BigBasket
E-commerce rules should be stable and equitable
The deal, if approved, would put Tata in direct competition with Amazon, Walmart's Flipkart
Consumer, retail and food segment topped the charts in terms of both, deal volumes and value
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The deal is the biggest in online groceries space so far, values BigBasket at Rs 13,500 cr; will give exit to investors Alibaba, Abraaj and IFC
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BigBasket top management are likely to stay on for three to four years, the report said
Two recent steps, both by the original posterboy of e-commerce, Flipkart, make it clear that we've come full circle on grocery
The firm, which is soon to be acquired by the Tata Group, saw its total expenses widen 31 per cent from Rs 3,376 crore in FY19 to Rs 4,433 crore in FY20
BigBasket, has seen its consolidated losses widen to Rs 611 crore, even as revenue from operations increased 37.7 per cent to Rs 3,794.1 crore in FY20.